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Witness FULL GUIDE.Pub TEACHER PREPARATION GUIDE By AGATHA CHRISTIE Directed by CHARLES FEE T C Dear Educator ………………………………………………………………………..... 3 A Note to Students: What to Expect at the Theater…………………………………… 4 GLT: Our History, Our Future………………………………………………………... 5 Playnotes …………………...…………………………………………………………. 6 Witness for the Prosecution Through the Ages ………………………………………… 9 From Page to Stage …………………………………………………………………….. 11 Dramatis Personae ……………………………………………………………………... 13 Costume Inspiration and Design…………………………...…………………………… 14 Scenic Inspiration and Design………………………………………………………... 16 If You Only Have One Day to Prepare ………………………………………………... 17 Pre-Show Activities ……………………………………………………………………. 19 Post-Show Discussion/Activities ………………………………………………………. 21 Vocabulary …………………………………………………………………………….. 23 Writing Prompts …………………………………………………………………..…… 24 Quiz ……………………………………………………………………………………. 25 A Brief Glossary of Theater Terms …………………………………………………….. 27 How to Write a Review ………………………………………………………………… 29 A Sample Review Written by a Student ……………………………………………….. 30 Generous Support …………………………………………………………………….... 31 About Great Lakes Theater ………….…………………………………………………. 32 2 ן T P G: W P Winter 2019 Dear Educator, Thank you for your student matinee ticket order to Great Lakes Theater’s production Witness for the Prosecution, which will be performed in the beautiful Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square from February 15th through March 10th. The stakes are high as Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. Can this defendant convince the jury, and you, of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose despite shocking courtroom testimony and impassioned gallery outbursts? Witness as Leonard and his lawyers struggle to untangle the truth in a whodunit suspense-thriller that will keep you guessing until the gavel’s last echo…and beyond. This guide is designed – through essays, discussion questions and classroom activities – to give students both an introduction to, and a point of entry for, a personal exploration of Witness for the Prosecution. We offer special thanks to retired teacher Madelon Horvath for her outstanding contributions to this guide. Great Lakes Theater is proud to provide you with the finest in classic theater and the necessary educational resources to support your work in the classroom. We are thrilled that you will be coming to see us and we welcome your input on how best to support your classroom preparation for our work. Please let us know what you think! Sincerely, Kelly Schaffer Florian David Hansen Director of Educational Services Education Outreach Associate [email protected] [email protected] 3 A N S: W E T for example) can be very distracting to fellow audience members, even if you try to mask it under your hand or an article of clothing. Our goal is to provide every person in the audience with the best possible theatrical experience, so we appreciate your respectful cooperation during the performance. Other differences live theater provides: in film or video, the camera and editing define what we will see. In the theater, however, each of us works as a camera and editor, choosing his or her personal points of focus. And in the Hanna Theatre, you should know that often we do not use microphones. As audience members you'll need to actively listen and "tune in" to the sound of the unamplified human voice. You may or may not have attended a live theater As for our lighting and scenery, it might performance before. To increase your enjoyment, it surprise you to know that these are not necessarily might be helpful to look at the unique qualities of this meant to be realistic. In this production, for art form — because it is so different from movies or example, there are design elements that are abstract video. or metaphorical. The live theatrical performance not only The theater's ability to focus on human involves the actors on the stage; it is meant to involve experience — distilled through the dialogue and you, the audience, in ways that film and television behavior of people on stage and enhanced by the cannot. In truth, although you are sitting in an scenery, costumes, lighting, music and dance — is a auditorium and the actors are on stage, there is very centuries-old tradition. Being part of the communal little separating the audience from the performers. magic when performer and audience connect — How you react to the play deeply affects the actors. whether at a baseball game, music concert or theater Something as seemingly trivial as whispering or performance — cannot be duplicated. unwrapping a candy bar can distract them and disrupt the mood and tone of their performance. Due to the The performance you will see at Great Lakes important relationship between actors and audience Theater will happen only once. It is unique and members, there are certain, perhaps obvious, personal. Though this play will be performed more provisions of live theater we wish to call to your than a dozen times, the performance you see belongs attention. only to you. In the Hanna Theatre, it is important to know We hope you enjoy it, and we'd like you to that the taking of pictures, either with or without a share your response with us. flash, is strictly prohibited. Also, it is essential that all electronic equipment, including cell phones, music players (even with headphones), alarm watches, etc., be completely powered off once you have entered the theatre. Even the glow from a silent cell phone (used for text messaging, or posting social network updates, 4 ן T P G: W P GLT: O H, O F Since 1962, Great Lakes Theater (GLT) has brought the world’s greatest plays to life for all of Cleveland. In 1961, the Lakewood Board of Education president persuaded a Shakespeare troupe, led by Arthur Lithgow, to make Lakewood Civic Auditorium its home. The theater that opened its doors on July 11, 1962 as Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival presented six Shakespeare plays in rotating repertory. In exchange for free rent, the company provided student matinee productions. The repertory was expanded in 1965 to include non-Shakespearean classics as a result of an exchange of productions with Princeton’s McCarter Theater. The Company outgrew its original home at Lakewood Civic Auditorium and, in 1982, made the move to the Ohio Theatre in Playhouse Square, launching the revitalization of downtown Cleveland’s Theatre District. Tom Hanks and fellow company member Bert In 2001 the company was searching for a new Producing Artistic Director, and the Goldstein. Board sought a candidate with well-established business skills as well as artistic leadership. Charles Fee was selected for his commitment to Shakespeare and his reputation for building Idaho Shakespeare Festival into a highly successful regional theater. GLT recommitted itself to its founding core values: Shakespeare, rotating repertory and an acting company of the highest caliber. During Fee’s tenure, the company has been recognized for its artistic excellence, winning the Northern Ohio Live Magazine Award for excellence in Theater in 2005 after three years of being a finalist, as well as The Free Times Reader’s Choice Award for Best Performing Arts Group in 2006, and for eliminating the inherited accumulated net deficit of over one million dollars. The company has also been a revolutionary producing model unlike any other in America to create cost efficiency and enhance our artistic product. We now exchange our repertory productions with Idaho Shakespeare Festival (ISF) in Boise, Idaho and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (LTSF) in Nevada. This deep collaboration between independent producing organizations is a first in American theater. With this visionary model now fully in place, GLT, ISF, and LTSF are able to deepen the artistic quality of the work on our stages, share our production costs, maximize our resources, and provide nearly year-round employment to our resident company of artists. Now, GLT has entered into a new phase, making the historic Hanna Theatre in The beautifully renovated Hanna Theatre. Playhouse Square its home. The renovation of the Hanna Theatre, as well as the creation of GLT’s first endowment fund, is part of our Re-Imagine A Classic Campaign to ensure GLT’s future. Our new home in the Hanna features a hydraulically operated thrust stage, a first for this region, and innovative and intimate seating where no seat is farther than eleven rows from the stage. We believe that this extraordinary theater experience will revolutionize the way Northern Ohio experiences classic theater. Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as a classic theater. With a plucky history of bucking economic trends to strive for and nurture the highest artistic quality, it remains a distinctive and significant cultural resource in an extraordinary American city. 5 ן T P G: W P P M L She took a gamble on writing for the stage, and it was “ her work on the stage—along with film and “television adaptations of her work—that catapulted her from best-selling author to worldwide phenomenon. In the waning months of 1952, British crime writer Agatha Christie was faced with a challenge. The so-called “Queen of Crime” could have been basking in the runaway success of her play, The Mousetrap, which debuted in October of 1952. Of course, she couldn’t have known then that The Mousetrap would go on to become the longest continuously running play in London’s West End, where it passed the 27,000 performance mark in September 2018. But The Mousetrap was already a hit. Never one to rest on her laurels, Agatha Christie needed another stunner to top the last. Rifling through her own short stories and novels for source material for her next play, as she did for most of the 16 stage scripts that she wrote, she began to mull over a short story that she had first dashed Agatha Christie (1890-1976) off quickly in 1925 under the title “Traitor Hand.” The story had stuck with her; she had changed its title, to Witness for the Prosecution, and included it in several subsequent short story collections.
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